With Volume 45 of the excellent netBloc series, I wanted to pay homage to my childhood home at 45 Old Orchard Ave, where my lifelong love of music first developed.
Growing up there, music figured large in my life. My earliest memories recall certain songs played in the home stereo…
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Some say he’s able to create complete albums at the snap of his fingers. Others say that if he were to let loose all his sonic algorhythms, you’d surely go mad… so he holds back until humanity is ready. Still others say that he’s known as Just Plain Ant when…
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Closing out Mported Flows month is the second single, “Master Plan”, featuring special versions of the dope “The Pronged Fork” cut. A must hear, whether you’re a fan or haven’t checked out Mported Flows yet. As with ALL hip-hop we drop, this is the real thing, not that stuff that…
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Over the past couple years, C-Doc has brought with him an incredible group of releases that he’s been involved with. Mported Flows’ new album is no exception. Originally set for release back in 2007, for whatever reason it never officially saw the light of day. It’s a shame, too, because…
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When not rocking the mic as one part of The Impossebulls or as half of Twenty-One: Twenty-Four, Pennsylvania based EMCEE Mported Flows delivers his own blend of boom bap hip-hop. At times personal at others, raw and still other times light-hearted… however you slice it, his music is 100% dope.…
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Fans of that classic BOOM BAP HIP-HOP sound will be happy to know that we’ve got more of it for you to enjoy this month!
During the whole month of September we’ll have releases by Mported Flows… an Impossebull… also one half of Twenty-One: Twenty Four, the dope 24 hour…
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BADLUCK returns with the second dope single, “Master Don”, from his fresh new album, “Johnny Cool”. Along with the B-Side, “NY Don’t Sleep”, we’ve got incredible new remixes by the great C-Doc and Tha Silent Partner!
Thanks to C-Doc and TSP for coming through on such short notice to deliver…
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With rappers claiming the ridiculous claim of “King of NY” over incredibly weak beats and with talent that’s merely luke warm, it’s refreshing to hear a Brooklyn MC who IS actually nice on the mic. Partnered with a group of producers who manage to compliment his lyrical delivery, BADLUCK brings…
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I’d like to present to you the return of BADLUCK to blocSonic. He comes to you straight outta the Bed-Stuy Do Or Die, Brooklyn, New York. A proponent of bringing together that classic BOOM-BAP and modern hip-hop, Luck and his producers do just that… delivering a sound that’s uniquely BADLUCK.…
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Here we are with volume 44 of the extensive netBloc compilation series that I first launched in 2007. Back then, the majority of the Creative Commons licensed music I found was via netlabels. Today, things are shifting.
Although netlabels still play a major roll, there’s an uptick in artists releasing…
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